Nunu 努努 (Nu Nu, autonyms: no22no22,po33no22) - 53,870 speakers in northwestern
Guangxi:
Lingyun (in Taohua 陶化, etc.),
Fengshan,
Donglan,
Bama (in Xishan 西山, etc.),
Tianlin,
Leye
Bunuo 布诺 (Pu No, autonym: pu33no22) - 12,115 speakers in
Du'an (in Sanzhiyang 三只羊; Longma 龙麻 of Xia'ao 下坳乡,[2] etc.),
Guangxi
The Shaoyang Prefecture Gazetteer (1997:533) reports that the
Miao of
Xinning County,
Hunan, speak a Bunu-branch language.
The Yunnan Province Gazetteer (1989) reports that a Bunu dialect known as pu55ʐa11 (布咋) is spoken by about 7,000 people in Guichao 归朝乡 and Dongbo 洞波瑶族乡 (including in Dadongzhai 大洞寨, Saxiangdong Village 三湘洞村[3]) townships of
Funing County,
Yunnan.
Others
The following may be alternative names for speakers of Bunu languages.[4]
Changpao 长袍: 5,000 (1999) in southern
Guizhou; undetermined linguistic affiliation, but could possibly be Bunu.[6] Identified as Dongmeng by Bradley (2007).[7]
Youmai 优迈: 2,000 (1999) in southwestern
Guizhou; possibly a Bunu variety;[8] classified as
Pingtang Miao by Li Yunbing (2000)[9]
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abMeng, Chaoji 蒙朝吉 (2001). Yáozú Bùnǔyǔ fāngyán yánjiū 瑤族布努语方言研究 [A Study of the Bunu Dialects of the Yao People] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe.
^Meng, Youyi 蒙有义 (2011).
"Lóngmá Bùnǔyǔ yǔyīn xìtǒng" 龙麻布努语语音系统 [On Phonetic System of Bunu Language in Longma]. Sānxiá lùntán (Sānxiá wénxué. Lǐlùn bǎn) 三峡论坛(三峡文学.理论版) (in Chinese). 2011 (5): 61–65, 148.
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^Bradley, David (2007). "East and Southeast Asia". In Moseley, Christopher (ed.). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. New York: Routledge.